Court: Police removing Tibetan flag acted against law ( Prague Daily Monitor )Prague, Dec 12 (CTK) - The Czech police had no right to order two men to remove the flags of Tibet and Taiwan from their windows in a building next to the Hilton Hotel when Chinese President Xi Jinping was staying there during his visit to Prague in 2016, the Prague Municipal Court decided on ...

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'Effective Solidarity' Concept Should Replace EU Migrant Quotas â Slovak FM ( Sputnik International )Earlier in December, the Commission announced it was referring Warsaw, Prague and Budapest to the European Court of Justice. ... Slovakia, Hungary the Czech Republic and Romania voted against the implementation of the decision in the EU Council and asked the Court of Justice to annul the ...

The Latest: Extradition case lawyer vows to appeal further ( WPXI Pittsburgh )A Prague appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that a Russian man who faces charges of hacking computers at American companies can be extradited to the United States. Czech authorities arrested Yevgeniy Nikulin in Prague in cooperation with the FBI in October last year. He is accused by ...

12/12/2017 15:50

Police officers reportedly arrested after raids on law firms ( Radio Prague )The General Inspectorate of the Security Services on Tuesday launched a series of raids in Prague in connection with the alleged influencing of criminal proceedings. The Czech News Agency said that officers from the inspectorate, which polices the police, had carried out searches of the premises of ...

12/12/2017 11:40

Documentary film director VihanovĂĄ dies aged 87 ( Prague Daily Monitor )Prague, Dec 11 (CTK) - Czech documentary film director and scriptwriter Drahomira Vihanova, who belonged to the Czechoslovak New Film Wave of the 1960s, died on Sunday at the age of 87 years, Hana Stastna, from the dean's office of the Film and TV School (FAMU) told CTK on Monday. Vihanova ...

Cookies and anarchy: meet the Czech artist baking a revolution ( The Calvert Journal )SchovĂĄnek, who also works in oils and mixed media, uses the edible treats to explore the themes of violence, poverty, consummerism, ideology, and art. SchovĂĄnek launched similar cookie-themed exhibitions at the Art Stays Festival in Slovenia in 2012, and at the Dancing House Gallery in Prague ...

12/11/2017 15:40

Filmmaker DrahomĂ­ra VihanovĂĄ dies at 87 ( Radio Prague )Czech filmmaker, documentarist and screenwriter DrahomĂ­ra VihanovĂĄ has died at the age of 87. Prague's FAMU film school confirmed that Mrs VihanovĂĄ, a native of MoravskĂ˝ Krumlov, passed away on Sunday after suffering from a short illness. The director belonged to the golden 60s generation of the ...

12/11/2017 13:15

A new project is training nightclub staff how to prevent sexual violence ( Mixmag )The project was announced after the Czech Republic's Interior Ministry made sexual violence part of its security strategy, according to the Prague Daily Monitor. Find some stats on sexual harassment in clubs in the UK here and check this out to see what to do if you're sexually harassed in a venue.

Czech PM designate: EU should not push us over migrants â paper ( Brinkwire (press release) )PRAGUE (Reuters) â The designated Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said that the European Union should not push Czechs over their refusal to shelter ... The European Union's executive will sue Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic in the bloc's top court for their refusal to host asylum-seekers, ...

Czech leader backs Trump, calls EU states 'cowards' ( The Straits Times )PRAGUE â˘ Czech President Milos Zeman on Saturday accused European Union states of being "cowards" in their response to his US counterpart Donald Trump recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital. "The European Union, cowards, are doing all they can so a pro-Palestinian terrorist movement can ...

12/10/2017 19:40

Czech leader slams EU 'cowards' on Jerusalem stance ( Yahoo News )Prague (AFP) - Czech President Milos Zeman on Saturday accused EU states of being "cowards" in their response to his US counterpart Donald Trump recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital. "The European Union, cowards, are doing all they can so a pro-Palestinian terrorist movement can have ...

12/10/2017 19:00

Singer Chris Rea collapses on stage ( ITV News )Driving Home For Christmas hit-maker Chris Rea is thought to be in a "stable" condition after he collapsed on stage. The singer-songwriter from Middlesbrough had been performing at the New Theatre Oxford when the incident happened on Saturday, with one audience member describing him "falling ...

12/10/2017 17:30

Politico: Next Czech PM warns EU over migration policy ( Focus News )Prague. The Czech Republic's Prime Minister-designate Andrej BabiĹĄ fired back at the European Union over its decision to sue the country for not ... The Commission said Thursday it would take Hungary, Poland and the CzechRepublic to the European Court of Justice over their refusal to take in asylum ...

12/09/2017 19:55

Extradition proceedings of Czech crime boss KrejÄĂ­Ĺ to continue in January ( Radio Prague )The extradition proceedings of Czech fugitive businessman Radovan KrejÄĂ­Ĺ in South Africa will continue in January next year. According ... KrejÄĂ­Ĺ fled the Czech Republic in 2005 during a police search of his luxury home near Prague and later became one of the most notorious criminals in South Africa.

12/09/2017 19:55

EU should not push us over migrants: Czech PM designate ( Channel NewsAsia )PRAGUE: The designated Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said that the European Union should not push Czechs over their refusal to shelter ... The European Union's executive will sue Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic in the bloc's top court for their refusal to host asylum-seekers, Brussels ...